Couple Mate jack

Olley46 · Guru

Couple Mate jack

justcruisin01 · Guru

Only seen pics of them & didn't impress me.

Have you looked at the Hdy Trailer Mate; not cheap but its a jocky wheel or plate base unit, come with the caravan jacking attachment that connects to the bracket that is welded to the chassis just behind the rear wheel & lifts the complete side of the van in one go. No climbing under the van to place a jack, can be used with the attached wheel as a jocky wheel to move the van or can swap the attached wheel for a base plate , reduces sinking in soft conditions.

A three in one hydraulic unit & have never used a standard jocky wheel since.Also has a longer lift than a standard jocky.

JC.

-- Edited by justcruisin01 on Thursday 23rd of January 2014 10:35:48 PM

Mike196 · Senior Member

+1 for the Trailer Mate, best investment I have made with the Van, unfortunately I haven't adapted it to be used on the Tug yet. The one trip I elected not to take the floor jack, I did in a tyre on the Colorado and had to use the stupid little wind up jack that came with the Vehicle. Took 50 mins to change a bloody tyre!

Plendo · Guru

I went to check out Trail a Mate units today, and I found there now appears to be two, a red one, and a much heavier blue one.

The red one fits in a standard jockey clamp, the blue one is about 10mm thicker in the shaft, and is generally a heavier unit.

On reflection, I am not sure if the heavier one is a trail a mate, or a larger copy.

Which one do you guys have, and how heavy are your vans?

Bunkerbob · Senior Member

Me thinks that people have gone off topic on this post. I believe the item that has been asked about is a unit that is fitted onto an AXLE when you have a puncture or need to raise a wheel in the air. A Trail Mate Jack is what has then been discussed. The First I would wonder if it would work when the axle is that low to the ground. I would also be worried about going to far back (or forward) and tipping the unit back onto the flat tyre.

If you had a Trail Mate Jack (It is all I have) than I believe that it would be a safer option than the Couple Mate Trailer Jack. IMHO The trailer mate is firstly used instead of a Jockey Wheel but has the added advantage in that it is used as a high lift style jack for when the van has a flat or you need to do wheel repairs or adjustments.

Bob

grae and deb · Senior Member

hi plendo to answer your post , i think the blue and red are different weight limit models the blue lifts more weight

Tim thetruckie · Senior Member

I have used a similar design for years on semi trailers and never had a problem .

www.couplemate.com/index.html